Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar • Hacker News Board

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#11

Post by tossaccount123 » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:12 PM UTC

hobs wrote: post #3

jgoewert wrote: post #2

Unpopular opinion, but part of the problem is that stupid people are more likely to have kids, and especially many kids. Stupid people become stupid parents.

Associations of candidate genes with psychological traits and other traits studied in the social sciences should be viewed as tentative until they have been replicated in multiple large samples. Failing to exercise such caution may hamper scientific progress by allowing for the proliferation of potentially false results [… which may lead to] incorrect perceptions about the state of knowledge in the field, especially…

your study is from 2012, newest research found strong correlation between certain genes and educational attainment, stronger than environmental factors like parents income[1]

your snopes article is about inheriting from mother alone, not parents

There IS also a significant difference between births based on income

https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-fam...

65 births per 1000 women vs 43 births per 1000 women

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/science/genes-education.h...

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#12

Post by mikestew » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:12 PM UTC

jgoewert wrote: post #2

Unpopular opinion, but part of the problem is that stupid people are more likely to have kids, and especially many kids. Stupid people become stupid parents.

Unpopular opinion because it’s a tired, facile one. Oh, look, someone else watched the opening scene to Idiocracy, too. Let us look down on others together with our common trope! Problem is, it doesn’t really answer any questions or produce any useful new models. It was good for a laugh ten years ago, though.

Here’s something that’ll bake your noodle: what if you’re not as clever as you think you are, and due to the DunkinDonuts-Keurig effect, you don’t know you’re one of the stupid ones?

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#13

Post by FreeFull » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:12 PM UTC

kop316 wrote: post #6

One thing I have been working on recently is cooking, especially from scratch and attempting to keep it healthy. One big thing I have noticed is that a lot of food (once cooked) has a very short shelf life (usually days), and if you have something with few ingredients, it requires quality ingredients. For prepackaged/premade foods, one would want food to stay good for longer than days once cooked/made, so it can be t…

As far as profit goes, you have to also keep in mind that wholesale prices are cheaper than low volume, so a restaurant won't pay as much for the exact same cut of beef as you would.

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#14

Post by taeric » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:16 PM UTC

kop316 wrote: post #6

One thing I have been working on recently is cooking, especially from scratch and attempting to keep it healthy. One big thing I have noticed is that a lot of food (once cooked) has a very short shelf life (usually days), and if you have something with few ingredients, it requires quality ingredients. For prepackaged/premade foods, one would want food to stay good for longer than days once cooked/made, so it can be t…

There is a reason a large part of "cooking" in the past involved preserving/canning. Pickled food seems to have largely been relegated to cucumbers nowadays. And jellies/jams are used in quantities that wouldn't have made sense in the past. Probably the same for many alcohols. Yes, it was the boiling of the water that made it safe, but I suspect the rest of the process helped it stay safer longer. (Would have to dive in on that claim, as I suspect it is less true for beers than it is other drinks.)

So, yes, it shouldn't be a big surprise that fresh ingredients don't have a longer shelf life. Most of what we do to make things no longer fresh came about precisely because of that. :)

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#15

Post by SmellyGeekBoy » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:19 PM UTC

will_brown wrote: post #8

All this money, time and effort in an attempt to market new low sugar cereals , these are the same company’s who: 1. Have been marketing their product as part of a balanced breakfast for decades, and 2. Continued increasing the amount of sugar while actively lobbying against any attempts to regulate marketing their sugary products to kids. Here is an idea...get rid of the sugary cereals and sugary milk entirely and f…

Or a nice cup of tea :)

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#16

Post by malkia » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:21 PM UTC

will_brown wrote: post #8

All this money, time and effort in an attempt to market new low sugar cereals , these are the same company’s who: 1. Have been marketing their product as part of a balanced breakfast for decades, and 2. Continued increasing the amount of sugar while actively lobbying against any attempts to regulate marketing their sugary products to kids. Here is an idea...get rid of the sugary cereals and sugary milk entirely and f…

I bacon that!

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#17

Post by esotericn » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:22 PM UTC

will_brown wrote: post #8

All this money, time and effort in an attempt to market new low sugar cereals , these are the same company’s who: 1. Have been marketing their product as part of a balanced breakfast for decades, and 2. Continued increasing the amount of sugar while actively lobbying against any attempts to regulate marketing their sugary products to kids. Here is an idea...get rid of the sugary cereals and sugary milk entirely and f…

Pretty much.

The vast majority of cereals simply are not food. They are a treat.

At most, perhaps some porridge with fruit for sweetness.

Even the unsweetened stuff like corn flakes - sure, it has less refined sugar, but you're basically eating cardboard. Get some real green vegetables in you!

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#18

Post by kop316 » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

FreeFull wrote: post #13

kop316 wrote: post #6

One thing I have been working on recently is cooking, especially from scratch and attempting to keep it healthy. One big thing I have noticed is that a lot of food (once cooked) has a very short shelf life (usually days), and if you have something with few ingredients, it requires quality ingredients. For prepackaged/premade foods, one would want food to stay good for longer than days once cooked/made, so it can be t…

As far as profit goes, you have to also keep in mind that wholesale prices are cheaper than low volume, so a restaurant won't pay as much for the exact same cut of beef as you would.

That's fair. I was thinking back to my days when I worked in a coffee place and a restaurant, I was actually pretty surprised how much of the food was prepackaged and only needed heating to serve.

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#19

Post by flareback » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:24 PM UTC

will_brown wrote: post #8

All this money, time and effort in an attempt to market new low sugar cereals , these are the same company’s who: 1. Have been marketing their product as part of a balanced breakfast for decades, and 2. Continued increasing the amount of sugar while actively lobbying against any attempts to regulate marketing their sugary products to kids. Here is an idea...get rid of the sugary cereals and sugary milk entirely and f…

I love the idea of having bacon and eggs for breakfast in the morning. The reality is though that bacon and eggs take time and effort while pouring a bowl of cereal is quick and easy.

Re: Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar

#20

Post by z_open » Wed, Jan 02, 2019, 3:25 PM UTC

will_brown wrote: post #8

All this money, time and effort in an attempt to market new low sugar cereals , these are the same company’s who: 1. Have been marketing their product as part of a balanced breakfast for decades, and 2. Continued increasing the amount of sugar while actively lobbying against any attempts to regulate marketing their sugary products to kids. Here is an idea...get rid of the sugary cereals and sugary milk entirely and f…

You want them to get a heart attack instead? Lots of cultures have good breakfast that don't rely on sugar or cholesterol. Look to the Mediterranean/Middle East/Central Asia/Far East.